Burner support



Aug. 24 1926. 1,596,973

P. l. HOLLMAN BURNER SUPPORT Filed April 16. 1925 Patented 24, 1926.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

PETER I. HOLLMAN, .OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GEO. D. BOPERCORPORA- TION, OF ROQKFORD, ILLINOIS, *A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BURNE SUPPORT.

Application filed April 16,- 1925. Serial No. 28,511.

This invention has reference to gas stoves and more especially to novelmeans for supporting the burners thereof.

In gas stoves or ranges, it has been customary to provide an open topand to support the burners on cross bars or other means which extendacross the stove beneath the open top and burners;- Such construction isobjectionable owing to the obstruction of the space between the top ofthe oven or catch plate therebeneath, which forms the bottom of the opentop section, and prevents free access to the parts therebeneath, forcleaning purposes. Moreover, such supports are positioned beneath theopen top and burners and catch food stuffs,

grease and dirt or other foreign matter so as to require constantcleaning in order to keep the parts in a clean and sanitary condition. 1

The present invention provides novel means for supporting the burners,including the simmerer, which obviates the above objections by havingthe means of support positioned at the back of. the top .or top frame ofthe stove or range so that the same will not be clogged up by grease orother foreign matter collecting thereon, while free access may be hadtherebeneath'for cleaning purposes.

The invention also comprehends burner supporting means whichconsiderably sim plifies the construction as well as facilitates andreduces the cost of manufacture while at the same time improving theappearance of the stove. e

Other objects and attendant advantages will be appreciated by thoseskilled in this as the invention ecomes better underod by reference tothe following description when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a. plan'viewvpartly brokenaway and in section of a. gas range the open top pf which is equippedwith burners supported in accordance with the invention. Fig.- 2 is asectional view taken on' the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

,Fig. 4; is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4= of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein I have illustrated anembodiment .of the invention and in which similar ref? erence.characters designate corresponding parts throughout, 5 designates a gasrange having an open top or top frame 6 provided at its inner edge witha recess or rabbet 7 designedto take the usual openvtop sections orportable to grates 8, and beneath which a bottom p ate 9 is arranged inrality of valves 14 having connection thereto and including the valvemeans for admitting primary air for combustion as usual.

in theBunsentype o burners, as well as the nipples'or inwar ly extendingnozzles 15 which extend into and-sup ort the forward ends of the burners16, 1 18, and 19 and the simmerer 20 through the medium of the usualtubular portions or pipe extensions thereof.

In lieu of supporting the burners upon crom bars or other supportingmeans extending across the opening of the open top section or frame ofthe stove, the rearburners 16 and 17 are'supported at the back of theframe and the front burners 18 and'19 and the simmerer 20 are supportedby the tubular portions of the burners 16 and 17. For this purpose, therear burners or usual perforated circular or otherwise formed castingsthereof are provided with integral rearwardly extending lugs 21 havinrearwardly extending and upwardly 0 set or angular portions 22, formingin effect angular lugs with. upwardly and rearwardly ex tending legs.These lugs are located rearwardly in line with the axes of the burners,and the back of the frame 6 at the bottom of the seat or rabbet 7 andthe inwardly extending bottom flange produced thereby, is provided withopenings 23 equidistantly spaced at either side of the angular lugs andaxes of the burners, and inwardly extending depressed portions24:beneath the outer portions of said openings forming shoulders 25.

separable supporting elements or castings 26 are provided for connectingthe lugs to the back of the frame or form a means of support for theburners and to facilitate assemblage and disassemblage. These elementsare in the form of depressed arcuate castings as seen more particularlyin Fig. 3 and have the ends of the arms thereof provided with rearwardlyextending angular lugs 27 and' outwardly extending lugs 28. The centralportion of the casting is pro vided with a forwardly extending lug 29having an up-pressed or raised arcuate front portion 30,- the arcuatebottom recess of which is adapted to accommodate and fit a lug 21. Eachlug 29 is provided with an the arms 37 on either side opening 31 taperedforwardly and having a forwardly inclined front wall 32 to fit theadjacent side of an angular lug or extension 22. The back of the openingis provided with a shoulder or ledge 33 and an adjacent recess ordepression on which the rear end of the lug 22 is seated and rests.

In mounting the burners 16 and 17 in po 'sition, the detachable elements26 are engaged with the lugs 22 through the open-' ings 31 in the lugs29, while the angular lugs 27 are engaged in the openings 23 and thetransverse grooves 34 provided thereby receive depending flanges 35 ofthe back portlon of the open top or frame 6. The lugs 28 rest upon thedepressed portions 24 with the extremities thereof abutting theshoulders 25 and as the parts are thus engaged and swung downwardly theywill be limited in their movements when in aligned horizontal positionthereby supporting and sustaming the burners as clearly indicated inFigs. 1 and 2 of the drawings in the manner of bridge pieces.

In order to support the burners 18 and 19, the tubular portions 36thereof are provided with laterally extending and forward- 1y curvedlugs or arms 37 each having an opening 38 for taking a downwardlyextending projection or pin 39 cast with the burners 18 and 19 in linewith the axes thereof rearwardly. Ribs 40 also project up from of theopenings 38 to engage the bottom surfaces of the burners 18 and 19 andprevent the latter from tilting whereby they are maintained in ahorizontal plane. The simmerer 20 has a laterally and downwardlyextending lug 41 engaging in the opening of an apertured lug 42 castintegral with the tubular portlon of the burner 17 and extendinglaterally and inwardly therefrom in an opposite direction to thedirection of the extent of the lug 41. By having the lug 41 extendingbeneath the tubular portion 36, the small burner or simmerer issupported and held from tilting downwardly.

The above described construction permits convenient'access to theburners and parts or corners therebeneath upon removing the grates 8 andeliminates the necessity of employing cross bars or rods extending between the sides of the open top or frame. It also adds to theattractiveness in the ap pearance of the stove and eliminates thenecessity of employing screws, bolts or other securing means which haveheretofore been necessary, thereby facilitating the assem bling anddisassembling of the parts, reducing the cost of manufacture andfacilitating quantity production.

While I have described what I now consider to be the preferredembodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the device issusceptible of wide changes and variations in the construction,arrangement and purposes of the partsas Well as the materials used,without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as will behereinafter defined in the claims.

I claim:'

1. In a burner support the combination with an open top of a stove, aburner, means for supporting the burner at the front of the top, meansfor supporting the burner at the back of the top, an apertured lugprojecting from the burner and another burner also supported at thefront of the stove and having a depending projection entering theaperture of said lu'g.

2. A burner support comprising in combination with an open top sectionof a stove, including a frame having an internal rabbet with spacedopenings and depressed portions, supporting elements having oppositeends seated in the depressed portions and interlocking with the frame,an apertured lug projecting from each element, burners having angularlugs engaging with the aper-- tured lugs, and means to support theopposite end of the burners.

3. A burner support comprising in combination with an open top sectionof a stove, including a frame having an internal recess forming a flangewith spaced pairs of openings and adjacent depending flanges anddepressed portions at the outer portions of the openings forming endshoulders, depressed supporting elements having opposite ends providedwith outwardly extending angular lugs engaging and interfitting with theflanges, an apertured lug projecting from each element and formed with aback ledge, burners having upwardly offset angular lugs engaging andinterfitting with the apertured lugs and resting on the ledges, a

burner manifold. valves carried thereby, said burners having pipeextensions supported on the valves. integral supporting lugs projectinglaterally'from the pipe extensions, and other burners supported on saidlugs.

4. In a gasstove the combination with a disposed burner to seat in theaperture in burner top section, of a plurality of burners said lug forthe support of said hur'ner therein forwardly and rearwardly disposed 5.In a gas stove as set forth in claim 4, 15 with respect to the front ofsaid section, the a pair of forwardly disposed burners on op- 5 rearwardburner having a tubular extension posite sides of the tubular extensionof the leading to the front of said section and havrearward burner, andapertured lugs proing means for supporting the same at said vided onopposite sides of said tubular ex-= burner at the rear of said sectionand at the tension to receive projections 'provided on 26 outer end ofsaid tubular extension at the said forwardly disposed burners to support10 front of said section, an apertured lug prothe same.

jecting off the side of said tubular extension, and a projectionprovided on the forwardly Y PETER I. HOLLMAN.

